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[{"insert":"In Provincial Congress, New Jersey Burlington, July 2d, 1776"},{"attributes":{"align":"right"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\tWhereas all the constitutional Authority, ever possessed by the Kings of Great Britain over these Colonies, or their other Dominions, was, by Compact, derived from the People, and held of them for the common Interest of the whole Society, Allegiance and Protection are, in the Nature of Things, reciprocal Ties, each equally depending upon the other, and liable to be dissolved by the other’s being refused or withdrawn. And whereas George the Third, King of Great Britain, has refused Protection to the good People of these Colonies; and, by assenting to Sundry Acts of the British Parliament, attempted to subject them to the absolute Dominion of that Body; and has also made War upon them in the most cruel and unnatural Manner, for no other Cause than asserting their just Rights, all civil Authority under him is necessarily at an End, and a Dissolution of Government in each Colony has consequently taken Place.\n\n\tAnd whereas in the present deplorable Situation of these Colonies, exposed to the Fury of a cruel and Relentless Enemy, some Form of Government is absolutely necessary, not only for the Preservation of good Order, but also the more effectually to unite the People, and enable them to exert their whole Force in their own necessary Defence; and as the Honourable the Continental Congress, the Supreme Council of the American Colonies, has advised such of the Colonies, as have not yet gone into the Measure, to adopt for themselves respectively such Government, as shall best conduce to their own Happiness and Safety, and the Well-Being of America in general;"},{"attributes":{"script":"super"},"insert":"1"},{"insert":" We the Representatives of the Colony of New Jersey, having been elected by all the Counties in the freest Manner, and in Congress assembled, have, after mature Deliberation, agreed upon a Set of Charter-Rights, and the Form of a Constitution in Manner following,"},{"attributes":{"script":"super"},"insert":"2"},{"insert":" viz.\n"}]
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Appendix A: State and Local Declarations of Independence
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States
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Massachusetts
1462
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Counties
1354
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Appendix B: Local Resolutions on Independence: Some Examples
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New York
1462
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Grand Jury Presentments
1354
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Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence: The Jefferson Draft with Congress's Editorial Changes
